<p>dubfault - if you want to know more insight into the process, feel free to ask me, i’ve stated it very clear here throughout. </p>
<p>it is a lot more nuanced than you think.</p>
<p>Wow I wish I could be feeling what the accepted people are feeling right now! Congrats!! =)</p>
<p>Accepted!!
where can we get the Financial Aid info ? Is that available?</p>
<p>Financial situation of your family will play an very important role in college admission decision. If you are rich, congratulations, you have an edge for sure.</p>
<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 760 WR 700 Math 730
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 720 US 650
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: not available
[<em>] Other stats: one 4 in AP calculus
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: very personal, supplemental essay was great too
[<em>] ECs: Head of international student organization, member of the school dance team, Model UN, head of Chinese Culture Club, tons of service in Yunnan China,
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): Personal essay, mixed identity. Born in canada, grew up in hongkong till second grade, then went to boarding school in Beijing, now in high school in the states.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: US/ China
[</em>] School Type: Private rural, quaker
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**Other Factors: Interview was great/ diverse identity **
[ b]General Comments:congrats to everyone who was accepted (: I just have to chug on through and I hope that I will still have a place at Columbia. **</p>
<p>@ David: Where did that come from? Columbia is need blind, and I’m dirt poor but I was accepted.</p>
<p>He said it gives you an edge. Not that’s it’s impossible to get in if you are poor.</p>
<p>^ He said it was very important, so I guess that’s why I responded like that. But I do agree that’s a plus in some cases.</p>
<p>accepted seas
- ACT: 35
- SAT IIs:750/720
- GPA: 4.355
- Rank: 8/500+
- Other stats: 5554
Subjective: - Essays:heartfelt
- ECs:journalism (editor in chief), swim (varsity, manager), volunteering (tutor, hospital volunteer, service clubs, benefit concert)
- Teacher Recs:calc/chem/english
- Counselor Rec:good
- Hook (if any): asian girl interested in science??? hmmm
Location/Person: - State or Country: ca
- School Type: magnet
- Ethnicity: didnt help me
- Gender: xx
Other Factors:interview went well
General Comments: a word to future applicants: just be yourself</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - SEAS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2350
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chinese, 790 Math II, 790 Bio, 730 Chem
[<em>] GPA:4.5
[</em>] Rank:top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: 5s in AP Calc I, Calc II, Macroecon, US Gov, Psych, Bio, Lang.
[</em>] Awards: Nat’l ap scholar, National Merit semifinalist, county tennis tournament, NLE, physics olympics, fbla, abrsm, njmea
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Unique common app essay. Worked really really hard on the supplements - both were interesting and creative.
[</em>] ECs: piano, tennis (varsity, captain of USTA team), volunteering at hospital, internship at UMDNJ, work at pediatric clinic,
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[<em>] Hook (if any): SHP, strong essays and supplement
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>
<p>tonerre - under what circumstances. i can think of only two where it matters, but the number of people that fit into either category are so small to be irrelevant.</p>
<p>**Decision: Reeeejected! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 superscore
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology E- 670, Literature- 690
[<em>] GPA: 4.4 weighted (I think)
[</em>] Rank: 25/484
[li] Other stats: National Merit recognized (only the first round), won a writing scholarship, some visual arts awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good
[</em>] ECs: Leader of International Festival planning, leadership position in an environmental club, French Club, Art Club, National Honors, National French Honors, alot of involvement in a local camp, church youth band for yearzz
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was probably average, one was more specific to me and probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I think awesome…
[li] Hook (if any): I’m Canadian… but… not much of a hook haha</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type: IB Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: white white white
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: I sent in a visual arts supplement and I applied for fin. aid
General Comments: I’m not at all crushed, I’m a bit disappointed but not surprised to say the least. Congrats to everyone else who was accepted or even deferred! :)</p>
<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 750 CR 800 M 800 WR = 2350
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Bio E, 770 USH, 800 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.73 (probably my downfall)
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent but not as good as I envisioned them to be.
[<em>] ECs: News Editor, Model United Nations, Choir, Piano, Knowledge Masters, some jobs…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): Uh no.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: =/</p>
<p>Decision: </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2160 (750 R, 660 M, 750 W)
SAT IIs:US History 760, Bio 740
GPA: 5.5/6 weighted
Rank: top 10%
Other stats:2 gold medals on National Latin Exam, 1 Silver, 5 on US History AP (only one allowed to take)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Supplement: very good, main essay: good
ECs:President of Theater Company, participate every season in the shows, President of Amnesty International, President of Foreign Language Honor Society (Latin part), Board Member and Publicity Head of NHS, other leadership and volunteering
Teacher Recs:great, I won my school’s Social Studies award (only student) and my history teacher wrote one rec (I also won the English award), and my latin teacher wrote a good one too
Counselor Rec:I think good
Hook (if any): had visited a class?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:Massachusetts
School Type: Public, good
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>i’m actually very excited, not to be annoying. I just want to say that I was shocked reading about who was rejected, and everyone should be so proud anyway, because you are all amazing and qualified students.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2190 superscore
SAT IIs: Lit-750, Math I- 680
GPA: 3.7ish weighted
Rank: N/A
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Great
ECs: Wrestling at a State Level, 2-year political internship, Vocal Groups/Chorus, Various Clubs
Teacher Recs: Both Great
Counselor Rec: About Average
Hook (if any): Guyanese Native Heritage
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Guyanese-American
Gender: Male
Other Factors: None really.
General Comments: Well. This sucks. Congrats to the accepted.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR740 M800 W740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Physics 800 Maths 800 Chem 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.9ish
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: Toefl 116
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Thought it was great.
[<em>] ECs: not really in the mood of listing them, but they are pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person: Shanghai[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: China
[</em>] School Type: Not an international school, but one of the very best in the country
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:This simply sucks. Columbia was my first choice. I thought my score and other stuff are at least decent enough to get a defer. I didn’t even apply for financial aid. My boifriend got into Cornell today. And for god’s sake I wrote his personal statement for him. And he didn’t even try to comfort me or anything. I’m beyond disappointed.</p>
<p>I posted this in the other decision forum, but I guess I should post it over here as well:</p>
<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I usually come around here once a year (I guess my old username from many years ago has now been deleted due to inactivity) on ED decision day. First off, congratulations to everyone that has been accepted.</p>
<p>For everyone’s information, I am a CC’09 alum and current law student in San Francisco. For those of you who are now part of the Columbia family, welcome and congratulations once again. The next four years at the University are going to be both eye opening and extremely difficult. You all were chosen for a specific reason by the admissions committee and you should be very proud of your achievements thus far. Do not rest on your laurels, however. The work that you are going to have to put in while at Columbia is going to be extensive, but in the end very worth it. </p>
<p>To those of you who are deferred applicants, my best wishes to you and I wish you all the best of luck. If there is a single piece of advice that I can give right now it is that you find your admissions committee member and send them both an e-mail and then a typed-and-signed copy of that e-mail to the admissions office explaining your continued desire to attend Columbia. Do not make the e-mail very long, as only a couple of paragraphs will suffice. One of my closest friends was waitlisted 6 years ago and was accepted off the waitlist and was told that his letter soon after his decision was looked at very highly. This letter should explain why you want to come to Columbia and what you can bring to the University. Simply explaining what you can take from Columbia is not what the admissions committee wants to hear. That is part of it, but more important is what you bring to the community and why your ambitions lie with those of the University and its students. The letter should be no more than a page when typed (of course, use proper letterhead and addressing). Best of luck with the rest of the admissions process.</p>
<p>To those applicants who were rejected, obviously the feeling is extremely tough. Having recently gone through graduate school admissions and not getting results that I believed I deserved based on my achievements and academics, I can understand how you feel. That said, where I ended up has been quite surprising and I’ve been extremely happy with what has transpired despite the feelings I had at the time of my rejections. I tell you this because your college journey is just starting and even though you may not be going to Columbia, you are going to succeed somewhere else and most likely enjoy it more than you could possibly imagine right now. I know it seems like an extremely painful day and it is, undoubtedly. That said, the best thing to do is keep your head up and persevere with the process. Although it seems difficult to comprehend, the admissions committee is actually very good at their job and they know what they are doing when it comes to selecting potential classes. The fact that you have strived for so much at this point in your life is only a sign of good things to come. I wish you all the best with your future endeavors.</p>
<p>To the admitted students, if you want to PM me with some brief questions about the University, please feel free to. I will try and get back to you soon. That said, please do not PM me regarding scholarships/financial aid information as I have no knowledge of that process.</p>
<p>Once again, congrats to all of you who have been accepted. To those deferred/rejected, best of luck with the rest of your admissions cycles.</p>
<p>Oh, and as an aside after reading some of the comments on here, Columbia is absolutely need blind when it comes to admissions for non-international students.</p>
<p>Much congratulations to all accepted into Columbia!!! You guys must be amazing :D</p>
<p>And to the rest, good luck with the remainder of applications. Best wishes, all.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (SEAS)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2110
- SAT IIs: 760 Math I, 780 Physics
- GPA: N/A
- Rank: Top 5%
- Other stats: Take IB. averagely score 40/42
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Excellent, save one typo in my engineering essay
- ECs: Accomplished Pianist (payed to play at hotels etc), singer, self taught guitarist and drummer, leader of school band and choir, leader of pan-african club and science club at school. Volunteer work at school for blind. 200+ hours of other community service. Designed part of school website. Write short stories and poems.
- Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, think they were quite good though. Extra recommendation from my principal because he offered. must have been good.
- Counselor Rec: Think it was amazing
- Hook (if any): Extra recommendation from current Columbia professor who I have worked with. I read this and know it was really amazing.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Ghana
- School Type: Independent
- Ethnicity: African
- Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: 2 Summer programs at Columbia. Recommendation from professor at columbia. I guess that’s it.
General Comments: Bummed. So wish I got in ED. Congrats to all who did. =)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CC</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 770M/740CR/730W. Composite 2240 & one sitting.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math II, 710 USH, 680 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.47 UW
[</em>] Rank: 6/300
[<em>] Other stats: 5 APs, Scholar with Distinction. Most rigorous schedule in my class[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about beatboxing and linked it to surpassing human limits. In retrospect, I am not very happy with it. I would have rewrote it for future applications-- But I am also very picky about my own writing. Thought my Why Columbia was pretty genuine/passionate.
[<em>] ECs: Varsity softball and tennis. Senate President, NHS Vice President, Philosophy Club Founder, Debate captain, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium state finalist and national delegate, lot of research awards. 350+ hours of volunteer, also long-term in a dementia care facility. I run PR for the city’s biggest youth philanthropy group (well known in the area) and do marketing on a brand-new service initiative. I live in the suburbs of one of the most economically devastated cities in the U.S., but I do all my volunteer and philanthropy work in the city. Research at a plastics company, couple of university bio/neuro labs. Counselor at Taiwanese American camp. Mix my own music. Some other little stuff.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Debate coach, Psych teacher, a teacher whom I consider one of my best friends. Defended her job in front of a school board during recent layoffs.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Sibling Legacy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northwest Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I am ecstatic. Found out while at work in the lab, and had to restrain my happiness for another hour while I finished tests. I still can’t believe it. Gave up a lot of time and energy, sacrificed some good grades for extra currics/service. I am glad I followed my passions, and that Columbia recognized that. Very sorry to see the low acceptance rates on CC so far. You’re all extraordinary and impressive in your own right.</p>